The politics in 61820 Champaign, IL are reflective of the state and national political landscape. In the last election, Democrat JB Pritzker won the gubernatorial election by a large margin, reflecting the continued Democratic dominance in Illinois. On the national level, 61820 Champaign is a battleground that tends to lean Democratic, with most local races closely contested between both parties each election cycle. At the local level, some of the prominent political figures from 61820 Champaign include Congressman Rodney Davis, State Senator Scott Bennett and State Representative Carol Ammons. Each of these individuals have served their respective roles with distinction and have proven to be capable public servants for their constituents in 61820.
The political climate in Zip 61820 (Champaign, IL) is moderately liberal.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61820 (Champaign, IL) is moderately liberal.
Champaign, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Champaign, Illinois: d d D d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 61820 (Champaign)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,025 contributions totaling $163,072 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $508,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)